Is there a way of specifying a quality setting for h.264 that is not software dependant?
I'm trying to help a colleague create a specification for outside contractors when they deliver web video to ...

I am working on a project involving live streaming. My goal is to reach a data rate of no more than 200 - 267 kb/s when streaming. Is it possible to reach such low rate while keeping an acceptable fps ...

I wanted to do very crisp (maximum resolutions/MB) videos that uses a style similar to Khan Academy (blackboard style with several stroke colors throughout the video, maybe a few still pictures here ...

I'm editing 'every day' videos with Adobe Premiere like holidays videos. Footages are taken from SLR cameras. I need to share those videos and of course compress it before.
Several years ago, i used ...

I have several recordings of lectures, some with powerpoint slides, some with writing on a blackboard. They are several GBytes each. However most of the time the video is a still image (besides maybe ...

Has anyone done or seen any tests comparing Apple ProRes 422 with high-bitrate H.264?
We use 422 as a delivery format to go to DCP for theatrical versions of trailers.
The bitrate is around 150mbps.
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Suppose a high quality, uncompressed video is re-encoded twice, with almost identical encoding settings at a relatively low bitrate of 4mbps, but at different resolutions, first at 1080p, and then at ...

I am a software developer. I understand the video concepts, but I am no expert.
I have a Sony Action Cam AS-15. It records ate 1080/60fps/25Kbitrate. The 60FPS videos just dont; play smooth maxemised ...

My understanding is that the vorbis algorithm uses a variable rate of encoding.
So, when encoding videos with audio in vorbis format, why does Handbrake ask me for a bitrate? What does Handbrake do ...

In attempting to record in the highest quality on a JVC GC-PX100 camcorder, I've been recording 1080p video. Unfortunately, viewing the video upon edit shows very strong compression artifacts, which ...

I need a codec that outputs an absolute black.
Encoded some samples with .AVI no compression and the black background of my video is very dark. Contrary in other codecs like Apple ProRes or H264/MPEG4 ...

I am creating my own content. We have recorded uncompressed, and are now at the exporting stage.
This video will be downloaded, not streamed via YouTube or Vimeo. So far, we are rendering it at 5Mbps ...

If you've ever seen a Bink compressed color video, chances are it was striped and each second stripe was much brighter than the first. They went like this: bright-dim-bright-dim. Was it some kind of ...

I'm fairly new do filmmaking. I've been trying to figure out which is best, but people seem to have very different opinions and everyone has his own arguments. My guess is that ALL-I should be better ...

I have a video with 640x480 resolution, which I want to import into premiere and add a MASK over specific areas which should not be visible.
I'm wondering what settings I should select when I start ...

I don't know if this is the correct place to ask this type of question, but here is it.
I wanted to find a ball park size of each blu-ray frame size in bytes. This is my calculation which cannot be ...

Recently, I helped a friend produce a short zombie comedy.
He has now asked me to add it to the film's website as a digital download. I'm not having issues with the digital download. My issue is how ...

When a DVD is ripped to a file on a computer the dark scenes typically get compressed to the point of illegibility; huge squares of black are all set to the same value, removing all the detail. This ...

this has been a painful drama for days, trying to get a nice video on youtube for my girlfriend. It looks great on the mpg file sony vegas generates, but after uploading to youtube it look more than ...

I was quite surprised when I learned the fact that the MP3 codec is extensively based on the Fourier Transform. I'd like to learn more about these topics in general. When I say more I mean the working ...